Affiliations
- California Bar Association
- Director, Lodi District Grape Growers Association
- Member, California Association of wine Grape Growers
- Agribusiness Department Industry Advisory Council Member, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Bio
Ms. Spaletta has extensive experience litigating commercial contract disputes, fraud, unfair competition and anti-trust claims, water and environmental law issues, and California Proposition 218 cases in state and federal courts. She has served as lead trial counsel in court trials and jury trials throughout the state of California and in the Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C.. Ms. Spaletta has also handled appeals for her clients in California’s Third and Fifth District Courts of Appeal, the California Supreme Court, and the Federal District Court of Appeals.
In addition to serving as litigation counsel, Ms. Spaletta serves as general counsel to several public agencies including a number of local reclamation and irrigation districts, and to local businesses including farming operations, industrial manufacturing companies, food processing companies, material supply companies, and non-profit corporations. She also represents public agencies and individuals in processing water rights with the State Water Resources Control Board.
Ms. Spaletta has a background in agriculture and specialized knowledge of the California water industry. She was raised in a citrus and olive farming family in the Central Valley and continues to farm wine-grapes near Lodi with her husband. For over 15 years she has studied and worked in the California water industry on issues surrounding implementation of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act, regional groundwater recharge programs, water quality regulation and implementation of new irrigation technologies in the agricultural and urban markets.